Helminth parasites of the leopard frog Rana cf. forreri (Amphibia: Ranidae) in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-107

  Cabrera Guzmán, Elisa ^a   León Règagnon, Virginia ^a   García Prieto, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Acapulco; Amphibia; Cestoda; Digenea; Guerrero; Helminths; Leopard frog; Mexico; Nematoda; Rana cf. forreri

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; APHARYNGOSTRIGEA; APLECTANA; CESTODA; CONTRACAECUM; COSMOCERCA PODICIPINUS; CYLINDROTAENIA; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDAE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; FELIDAE; FOLEYELLIDES; GLOBOCEPHALUS; GNATHOSTOMA SP.; HAEMATOLOECHUS COLORADENSIS; MESOSTEPHANUS; NEMATODA; NEOECHINORHYNCHUS GOLVANI; ONCICOLA SP.; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PHYSALOPTERA; RANA FORRERI; RANIDAE; RHABDIAS; SERPINEMA TRISPINOSUM; THELAZIA; VERMES;

EID: 33846492394     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4247.1     Document Type: Article

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